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mitt romney says that is not the right assumption. if i cut taxes across the board and more money into piedmont acre pockets and spend more and have a lower tax rate and have more jobs and more own. >> stimulate the economy. >> and more money will come in. >> that is where the disagreement was. >> mitt romney does have some plans for cutting loopholes and some of these -- >> right. . he says we cut taxes and close loopholes and it becomes revenue neutral and president cited another studying saying you have to raise taxes on the middle class. that is why this becomes so hard to fact check one of these because they are both sort of saying things that are kind of true. >> let's switch to jobs. this doesn't have to do with the debate necessarily last night but it's critical. we have the big monthly jobs report tomorrow and we have some indicators -- >> two indicators. one is the adp a private sector report which historically has given you what is going on two days later and showed a big bump in private sector growth. the last couple of mo
mitt romney says that is not the right assumption. if i cut taxes across the board and more money into piedmont acre pockets and spend more and have a lower tax rate and have more jobs and more own. >> stimulate the economy. >> and more money will come in. >> that is where the disagreement was. >> mitt romney does have some plans for cutting loopholes and some of these -- >> right. . he says we cut taxes and close loopholes and it becomes revenue neutral and...
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you tend to find them along the coast in south carolina with gingrich, santorum, perry to romney's right. maybe ron paul who is a little more characterized. he made a basic calculation. she doing miserable in south carolina and he is not going to win the state. if he wants to run in 2016, this is a chance to with a man he had a tough relationship with and to try to get good will in the party and maybe take a small slice. whatever jon huntsman was going to get in the south carolina primary, it's a good bet that 70 or 80% comes out of mitt romney. by endorsing him now and getting out of the race, governor romney only has to worry about the votes coming out of the right. the calculation that he could possibly embarrass next saturday to get something out of this. as peter notes more than anything else, if he comes back and establishment republicans will say the man did the right thing at the right time. >> we will leave it there for now. thank you very much, john. remember to tune in thursday night. john will be host skpug will hear the candidates. the southern republican leadership conferen
you tend to find them along the coast in south carolina with gingrich, santorum, perry to romney's right. maybe ron paul who is a little more characterized. he made a basic calculation. she doing miserable in south carolina and he is not going to win the state. if he wants to run in 2016, this is a chance to with a man he had a tough relationship with and to try to get good will in the party and maybe take a small slice. whatever jon huntsman was going to get in the south carolina primary, it's...
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when you have gingrich, santorum, maybe ron paul to romney's right, he's a little more hard to characterize, jon huntsman made a basic calculation here. if he wants to run in 2016, this is is a chance to a man he's had a tough relationship with mitt romney, the staff has had even a tougher relationship, to try to get a little goodwill in the party, a little leverage and maybe take a very small slice, whatever jon huntsman was going to get in the south carolina primary, eight good bet that 70%, 80% of it comes out mitt romney. by endorsing him now and getting out of the race now, governor romney only has to worry about the votes coming out of the right. so it's a goodwill gesture by governor huntsman, a calculation he's about to be embarrassed next saturday, let's try to get something out of this and i think as peter notes more than anything else it's an effort if he comes back in 2016, establishment the republicans will say the man did the right thing at the right time. >> thank you very much, john. remember to tune in to cnn thursday night. you're going to hear the candidates in their own
when you have gingrich, santorum, maybe ron paul to romney's right, he's a little more hard to characterize, jon huntsman made a basic calculation here. if he wants to run in 2016, this is is a chance to a man he's had a tough relationship with mitt romney, the staff has had even a tougher relationship, to try to get a little goodwill in the party, a little leverage and maybe take a very small slice, whatever jon huntsman was going to get in the south carolina primary, eight good bet that 70%,...
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but they're a reflection of how people feel right now. we still have five weeks to the election. >> it's nice to see you in person. >> great to be here. >> let's do this more often. >> i'll come up. >> appreciate it. >>> and quick reminder for you, as well. it's a really exciting night. i like to call it date night, but it's debate night in america. it's right here on cnn. we've got extraordinarily special coverage. come on, wolf blitzer and anderson cooper together, it does not get better than that. 7:00 p.m. eastern and if you can't get to a tv, you got your ipad or laptop, we stream this live on cnn.com, do not miss it. be a great voter. longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! >>> you like taxes? i've got taxes for you. christine romans is here to
but they're a reflection of how people feel right now. we still have five weeks to the election. >> it's nice to see you in person. >> great to be here. >> let's do this more often. >> i'll come up. >> appreciate it. >>> and quick reminder for you, as well. it's a really exciting night. i like to call it date night, but it's debate night in america. it's right here on cnn. we've got extraordinarily special coverage. come on, wolf blitzer and anderson...
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right now. the man whose film started off the fire storm rage that's now spread from egypt to libya and to yemen and tunisia and sudan and lebanon and as we speak there could be more protests emerging because this is friday prayers. but from the information that we do have about this filmmaker, it is safe to say that he has a very shadowy past. he says his name is sam bacile but he's also named as nakoula basseley nakoula and several other ali as. he was convicted in 2009 of bank fraud. he lives in cerritos, california and married with two children. miguel marquez has further details on this man. >> reporter: he's the shadowy maker of a low budget anti-islamic film who has a criminal past and many ali as. as we discovered for good reason. in 1997 bacile, his real name nakoula basseley nakoula spent a year in prison convicted of intenth to manufacture methamphetamine. in 2010 he spent another year this time in federal prison for fraud. these are just some of the documents for criminal cases again
right now. the man whose film started off the fire storm rage that's now spread from egypt to libya and to yemen and tunisia and sudan and lebanon and as we speak there could be more protests emerging because this is friday prayers. but from the information that we do have about this filmmaker, it is safe to say that he has a very shadowy past. he says his name is sam bacile but he's also named as nakoula basseley nakoula and several other ali as. he was convicted in 2009 of bank fraud. he...
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a very impressive win for mitt romney in nevada right now. there's actually a special caucus that has been taking place in las vegas, and it's a fascinating development. our own paul steinhauser is stands by with details of this. paul, tell us what's happening at this special caucus. >> reporter: wolf, this special caucus was supposed to start at the top of the hour. no action yet. peel are filing into the auditorium here at the educational complex named after sheldon adelson who donated a lot of money to build this school. to take part in this caucus, you have to get into -- you have to stein this affidavit to get in, wolf. you have to say that you didn't take part earlier today in the caucuses p in clark county. they started at 9:00 a.m. local time. you also have to say the reason you didn't take part and stroet in that presidential preference poll in the earlier caucuses is because of your religious beliefs. this caucus is basically for orthodox jews and seventh day adventists. he they had to wait until sundown was over. that's the story.
a very impressive win for mitt romney in nevada right now. there's actually a special caucus that has been taking place in las vegas, and it's a fascinating development. our own paul steinhauser is stands by with details of this. paul, tell us what's happening at this special caucus. >> reporter: wolf, this special caucus was supposed to start at the top of the hour. no action yet. peel are filing into the auditorium here at the educational complex named after sheldon adelson who donated...
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we're watching right now in the newsroom, mitt romney's on the defensive this morning. he's trying to set the record straight and clear up some comments he made while secretly being recorded. >>> plus this. >> it isn't working. it's not working. >> the hole's only getting bigger. >> it's sad. >> it's almost like buyer's remorse. >> obama let me down. >>> plus, there's a new anti-obama documentary set to air this week. it's lled "hope and change," and you can watch it from your living room. it focuses on swing state voters and president obama's first term. you'll hear from the men behind it live. >>> and she may have lost her legs to lyme disease, but that did not stop her from winning a gold medal in swimming. victoria arlen is a proud paralympic athlete. i'll talk to her live later this hour. "newsroom" begins now. >>> good morning and thank you so much for being with us. i'm carol costello. we begin with mitt romney and remarks he never wanted you to hear. they come from a hidden camera at a closed-door meeting with big wealthy donors. romney rips nearly half of all a
we're watching right now in the newsroom, mitt romney's on the defensive this morning. he's trying to set the record straight and clear up some comments he made while secretly being recorded. >>> plus this. >> it isn't working. it's not working. >> the hole's only getting bigger. >> it's sad. >> it's almost like buyer's remorse. >> obama let me down. >>> plus, there's a new anti-obama documentary set to air this week. it's lled "hope and...
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take us inside, peter, the romney camp right now. they must be so upset, so frustrated. a few days ago they were poised to win in south carolina and didn't happen. >> reporter: that's right. i can tell you romney supporters here, his financial supporters, campaign surrogates, they were winning a week ago and they lost it. there's a sense of yes, newt gingrich won south carolina, but also that mitt romney fumbled the ball. there's some griping behind the scenes, that the romney campaign did not handle the tax question well. while newt gingrich was soaring in the polls, the romney campaign cannot punch through that coverage with an aggressive message against speaker gingrich, because they were spending five straight days giving a different answer about mitt romney's tax returns. while they realized the gingrich surge, they thought they might have had a fighting chance. i talked to one donor who said it's time to take the training wheels off the candidate. let him be himself. there were questions about mitt romney's charisma and his ability to connect with voters. but he's
take us inside, peter, the romney camp right now. they must be so upset, so frustrated. a few days ago they were poised to win in south carolina and didn't happen. >> reporter: that's right. i can tell you romney supporters here, his financial supporters, campaign surrogates, they were winning a week ago and they lost it. there's a sense of yes, newt gingrich won south carolina, but also that mitt romney fumbled the ball. there's some griping behind the scenes, that the romney campaign...
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in cleveland, romney preached his own message of change to voters. >> the president was right the other day when he said he can't change washington from the inside. only from the outside. let's make sure and give him that chance, okay? >> morrisville, pennsylvania will hear that same message later on this hour and right now vice presidential candidate paul ryan is speaking in minneapolis. >> the five of us, we're in congress together. president obama has not met with the republican leaders in the house or the senate since july. >> boo! >> we have a debt crisis coming, we have budget problems, we have economic problems. that's not leadership. we need a leader. now the reason mitt romney and i keep talking about our five-point plan is because we believe we owed you our fellow citizens an actual plan. we owe you solutions, we owe you ideas. real reforms can be had to get a real recovery. we had real recovery in this state in this country let's use that recovery and put people back to work. let's get the keystone pipeline, let's get more gas, more coal and renewables. i tell you what, we kn
in cleveland, romney preached his own message of change to voters. >> the president was right the other day when he said he can't change washington from the inside. only from the outside. let's make sure and give him that chance, okay? >> morrisville, pennsylvania will hear that same message later on this hour and right now vice presidential candidate paul ryan is speaking in minneapolis. >> the five of us, we're in congress together. president obama has not met with the...
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and one thing, if it is romney, and i think it will be romney, rubio will at least nullify the right wing of the republican party because rubio is very conservative, very much over on the right. >> all right. i'll keep track of you later on in the year. >> if i'm not right, don't ever go back to this interview. but if i'm right, i would request you to replay this interview. >> every day, right here. >> thank you. >> be sure to keep it right here on tuesday as voter head to the polls in new hampshire. live coverage of the new hampshire primary tuesday night, 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> we're just a day away from the nation's first primary but unlike iowa this race has a sure front-runner. mitt romney. the question is, who could emerge as the anti-romney? we'll ask the chairman of the republican party next. the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with m
and one thing, if it is romney, and i think it will be romney, rubio will at least nullify the right wing of the republican party because rubio is very conservative, very much over on the right. >> all right. i'll keep track of you later on in the year. >> if i'm not right, don't ever go back to this interview. but if i'm right, i would request you to replay this interview. >> every day, right here. >> thank you. >> be sure to keep it right here on tuesday as voter...
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, right? well, now we're relying on these things. >> solar flares and solar burps. >> you've got it. >> i have collected myself and we're moving on. >> that is today's reporter roulette. >>> you have heard mitt romney is in the same tax bracket as 80% of us. that means a lot of you may have something in common with a multimillionaire who would love to become president and you may not have even realized this. >>> then stick around for this. this is so cool. behind the scenes for capitol hill's big event tonight, dana bash had breakfast with the house speaker. there's so much more to dish on, like who's already saving their seats. we know who. we're naming names. >>> later, how a family's cat became a victim in a political showdown. this is sick, it is twisted. >>> also a dad's decision to turn his own son in for a relentless beatdown recorded on camera. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] lactaid milk is easy to digest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delic
, right? well, now we're relying on these things. >> solar flares and solar burps. >> you've got it. >> i have collected myself and we're moving on. >> that is today's reporter roulette. >>> you have heard mitt romney is in the same tax bracket as 80% of us. that means a lot of you may have something in common with a multimillionaire who would love to become president and you may not have even realized this. >>> then stick around for this. this is so...
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. >> reporter: the romney campaign announced an ad blitz. >> i should tell you that i feel right at home because i'm in a barn. >> reporter: ann romney was in a targeted state, virginia, urging voters to turn the reigns on the economy over to her husband. >> so, let's talk some horse sense. barack obama said four years ago, if i can't turn this economy around after three and a half years, i'm looking at a one-term presidency. well, it's our turn to turn the economy around and i know mitt can do it. >> reporter: there could be trouble looming for romney if it ticks below 8%, a number he says the president cannot beat. they plan to drill down on the issue. one top adviser put it for the next 60 days. randi? >> jim, thank you very much. >>> a lot of people are talking about clint eastwood's empty chair moment. he's talking about it, too. find out how he says he came up with the idea, backstage. >>> romney is not talking at least about gay marriage. find out what happened when a reporter tried to ask her about that hot button issue. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time t
. >> reporter: the romney campaign announced an ad blitz. >> i should tell you that i feel right at home because i'm in a barn. >> reporter: ann romney was in a targeted state, virginia, urging voters to turn the reigns on the economy over to her husband. >> so, let's talk some horse sense. barack obama said four years ago, if i can't turn this economy around after three and a half years, i'm looking at a one-term presidency. well, it's our turn to turn the economy...
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but right now you heard mitt romney. didn't speak very much about newt gingrich or rick santorum or ron paul. didn't even mention their names. didn't even refer to them in any great measure. he's apparently looking ahead to a presidential contest against the president of the united states. almost all of his words were directly addressed to try to contrast where he stands on so many of these issues as opposed to the president of the united states. you see he's shaking hands right now. one thing you'll see differently than you have in the past, you see u.s. secret service personnel, they are with mitt romney over the past few days. he has started getting secret service protection, as well. soledad, let me throw it over to you? >> wolf, let's talk to our conservative contribute fors this evening. what did you think of the speech? to me it sounded very confident, low on specifics. >> i thought it was good. i'll say this, he's getting better at giving speeches and getting better at debates. when he does things over and over,
but right now you heard mitt romney. didn't speak very much about newt gingrich or rick santorum or ron paul. didn't even mention their names. didn't even refer to them in any great measure. he's apparently looking ahead to a presidential contest against the president of the united states. almost all of his words were directly addressed to try to contrast where he stands on so many of these issues as opposed to the president of the united states. you see he's shaking hands right now. one thing...
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and right after that, the romney campaign jumped all over those remarks. in fact, they put together a conference call to draw attention to that. the obama campaign fighting back saying that's an act of desperation and what the vice president was talking about is that there was this climate over the last four years that were created by decisions that were made in the previous administration. and so, again, they don't see it as a distraction, but i wouldn't be surprised if it didn't come up tonight. >> all right, dan lothian, live for us in denver, a long day ahead of him. do appreciate that. thank you, dan. >>> those debates can be so incredibly grueling, but they are a veritable picnic compared to the actual preparation for the debate. the candidates cram for days, if not weeks and they use friends as proxy opponents. john kerry did the job and stood in for mitt romney in the president's camp. and then standing in for the president in romney's debate preps, the silver haired guy in the pink shirt is ohio senator rob portman. and, in fact, portman has reall
and right after that, the romney campaign jumped all over those remarks. in fact, they put together a conference call to draw attention to that. the obama campaign fighting back saying that's an act of desperation and what the vice president was talking about is that there was this climate over the last four years that were created by decisions that were made in the previous administration. and so, again, they don't see it as a distraction, but i wouldn't be surprised if it didn't come up...
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paul ryan has to change not necessarily mitt romney. >> you're exactly right. this happened in 2008 when john mccain picked sarah palin. they disagreed on domestic drilling in alaska, for example. and you have seen some disagreements between romney and paul ryan. let detroit go bankrupt springs to mind that's the op-ed that romney wrote about the auto -- about opposing the auto bailout in 2009. paul ryan voted for that. so these are just sort of hurdles that the romney campaign has to get over. but i can tell you that the obama campaign and democrats right now, as you guys have been talking about are ticking through these one by one. they'll try to drive a wedge between romney and paul ryan in the coming days. >> the republican ticket there, there they are. paul ryan there and is mitt romney. you know, a generational gap between the two of them, paul ryan 42 years old and i think mitt romney is 65 or 66 years old. i think mitt romney has a son about 42 years old as well. that's the republican pridential ticket. we have ari fleischer standing by. david gergen. w
paul ryan has to change not necessarily mitt romney. >> you're exactly right. this happened in 2008 when john mccain picked sarah palin. they disagreed on domestic drilling in alaska, for example. and you have seen some disagreements between romney and paul ryan. let detroit go bankrupt springs to mind that's the op-ed that romney wrote about the auto -- about opposing the auto bailout in 2009. paul ryan voted for that. so these are just sort of hurdles that the romney campaign has to get...
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for romney, he has a better position right now because independent voters very worried about the debt and deficit, worried about china, if you do polling with independents, worried about the rise of china. and also, worried about just the economy in general. this is the message that romney is going to hit now, to november. so get comfortable. busy on day one. he's got a long to-do list there. >> it's going to be a busy five months. this is really the final stretch. thank you so much, patricia murphy. >> great to see you. thank you. >> all right. >>> there's a showdown between the vatican and the largest group of catholic nuns taking place right here in the u.s. the vatican recently rep pri mappeded the group accusing it of spreading radical feminist themes. they will meet in washington to map out their response and vatican watchers are calling this an important crossroads. >> keep up the good work. >> letters of support are what comfort sister simone campbell at a time when the vatican publicly rebuked catholic nuns for not speaking out more on issues such as abortion and same-sex mar
for romney, he has a better position right now because independent voters very worried about the debt and deficit, worried about china, if you do polling with independents, worried about the rise of china. and also, worried about just the economy in general. this is the message that romney is going to hit now, to november. so get comfortable. busy on day one. he's got a long to-do list there. >> it's going to be a busy five months. this is really the final stretch. thank you so much,...
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mitt romney is already gone. he's in south carolina? >> that's right. don, it makes perfect sense for mitt romney to be in south carolina if you consider where he stands. there's going to be a race for second place right now with rick santorum, jon huntsman, ron paul and newt gingrich. all the of the candidates have to look at what is coming out at orc. it's really kind of shocking when you consider how things have changed down in south carolina, which is a critical state for all of these un-romney candidates. you can see the surge that's carried into south carolina but it's not strong at the moment. these polls are snapshots. at the moment he doesn't appear to be taking over mitt romney. all of that could change with the debate coming up this weekend but one of the game changers, if you will, that sort of came out today were the positive job numbers which is a good thing for the white house. rick santorum was asked about this earlier today and he didn't exactly poo-poo the numbers, if i can put it that way. here's what he had to say. >> despite of pres
mitt romney is already gone. he's in south carolina? >> that's right. don, it makes perfect sense for mitt romney to be in south carolina if you consider where he stands. there's going to be a race for second place right now with rick santorum, jon huntsman, ron paul and newt gingrich. all the of the candidates have to look at what is coming out at orc. it's really kind of shocking when you consider how things have changed down in south carolina, which is a critical state for all of these...
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your money needs an ally. >>> mitt romney marched to the right in pursuit of the republican nomination. but john avalon says he didn't attract independents until he started marching more toward the middle. john avalon, want to welcome you and margaret hoover, i should say my political couple here in new york. john is a cnn krcontributor and margaret is a cnn political contributor and republican consultant. welcome back. and john avalon, i love the image are with the war shack test. at the moment, mitt romney is rorschach test with voter seeing what they want to see. this is the secret to his surge in the polls since the first presidential debate. rorschach 101, here it is, got a rorschach test, the inkblots. you look at that and you see what you want to see, right? the whole point is that it is in the eye of the beholder. john avalon, i thought we wanted our presidents to have principles. >> what? that's so old-fashioned, brooke. i mean, you know this is the real question of mitt romney's candidacy, though. it is not just that he leisure chd to the right while running for president, he
your money needs an ally. >>> mitt romney marched to the right in pursuit of the republican nomination. but john avalon says he didn't attract independents until he started marching more toward the middle. john avalon, want to welcome you and margaret hoover, i should say my political couple here in new york. john is a cnn krcontributor and margaret is a cnn political contributor and republican consultant. welcome back. and john avalon, i love the image are with the war shack test. at...
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you know, mitt romney got a big laugh. he seemed genuine. >> right. i think i talk toud about this the other day. mike deaver, the media adviser to ronald reagan, he once said these television events -- and make no mistake a debate is a television event -- 85% visual, 10% how you sound and 5% of what you actually say. leading up to the importance of, as you've been talking about, likability. i'm taken aback by how much more stiff president obama was than mitt romney. you played moments like that and throughout the debate, mitt romney seemed calm, in command of the facts, comfortable, made eye contact with the president. the president simply just looked uncomfortabl uncomfortable. >> and, roland, one of the boston papers had a headline that it was snore more years for obama. i mean, the reviews of his performance are harsh. >> absolutely. i think that it was lackluster, to some degree. i will disagree with will cain when he said mitt romney had a command of the facts. he had a command of what mitt thought actually were facts. you look at the fact check
you know, mitt romney got a big laugh. he seemed genuine. >> right. i think i talk toud about this the other day. mike deaver, the media adviser to ronald reagan, he once said these television events -- and make no mistake a debate is a television event -- 85% visual, 10% how you sound and 5% of what you actually say. leading up to the importance of, as you've been talking about, likability. i'm taken aback by how much more stiff president obama was than mitt romney. you played moments...
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. >> all right. so this victory must boost the confidence of mitt romney. but can he be too confident going into tuesday's races? >> well, it sure does boost his confidence. his momentum is growing after florida. now a strong finniish in nevada. now he's playing in colorado, missouri and minnesota where it looks like he'll probably do very, very well in colorado. he's leading in the polls substantially. and i think he'll play well in missouri and minnesota, you know. newt gingrich isn't even on the ballot in missouri. so it is a -- there is momentum that needs to keep going here, but i think romney has it in his hand right now. >> let's talk more about nevada and this real fight for second place. it was pretty close between newt gingrich and ron paul. in some circles, winning second place is almost as important as first place. how meaningful will this be for newt gingrich? >> well, i think, you know, in terms of coming in second place, especially in nevada, gingrich -- i think he's ruined his chances in nevada and his national momentum because of his speech
. >> all right. so this victory must boost the confidence of mitt romney. but can he be too confident going into tuesday's races? >> well, it sure does boost his confidence. his momentum is growing after florida. now a strong finniish in nevada. now he's playing in colorado, missouri and minnesota where it looks like he'll probably do very, very well in colorado. he's leading in the polls substantially. and i think he'll play well in missouri and minnesota, you know. newt gingrich...
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right now, mitt romney has a 10-point advantage with men. and when it comes to women, president obama has an eight-point advantage. i'm sure the people in chicago at campaign headquarters for barack obama want to see that advantage increase. that is a key constituency that he's going to need if he's going to win a second term. >> thanks very much, we'll continue to follow this. >>> in the meantime if you want to watch this debate between mitt romney and president obama, you can watch that live right here on cnn we begin with your coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan in iowa "toda today with 15 days before the election. ryan rarely campaigns on sunday, but today he took center stage saying the romney-ryan ticket contains -- how do the candidates differ on hot spots like libya and iran? we'll dig deeper on that just ahead. and then, how do you get more people to turn out to vote? in one california town, promising pre-pot apparently worked. >>> and then caught on camera, robbers walking into a
right now, mitt romney has a 10-point advantage with men. and when it comes to women, president obama has an eight-point advantage. i'm sure the people in chicago at campaign headquarters for barack obama want to see that advantage increase. that is a key constituency that he's going to need if he's going to win a second term. >> thanks very much, we'll continue to follow this. >>> in the meantime if you want to watch this debate between mitt romney and president obama, you can...
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i think three or four with mitt romney right there. >> during the debate one thing we kept noticing the entire hour and a half was mitt romney kept a perpetual smile on his face while barack obama was talking. when mitt romney was talking, president obama looked serious where i. >> we saw this same exact behavior in the first debate, and i have to say it's unbecoming. it doesn't really work. i'll tell you why. when we're talking about what's going in the middle east or we're talking about threats to the united states of america, that's when the smile should disappear. when that smirk stays there, it could potentially lose those undecided voters, hey, is this guy going to take this serious? >> isn't he just trying to be polite to his opponent by having this pleasant look on his face? >> lisp -- i'm an undecided voter so this is important for me. the president, his smile wills come and go and he will get serious. when you have a permanent smile on like we see right here, it comes across as fake and contrite. it will hurt your message. >> a very important part of your research is what you
i think three or four with mitt romney right there. >> during the debate one thing we kept noticing the entire hour and a half was mitt romney kept a perpetual smile on his face while barack obama was talking. when mitt romney was talking, president obama looked serious where i. >> we saw this same exact behavior in the first debate, and i have to say it's unbecoming. it doesn't really work. i'll tell you why. when we're talking about what's going in the middle east or we're talking...
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romney right now has 695 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clench the nomination. >>> president obama focusing on education. this morning, he honored the national teacher of the year and the finalists at the white house. >> these are the kind of teachers who change lives forever. i wouldn't be here today if it were not for teachers like these who challenged me, pushed me and put up with me and inspired me and set me straight when they had to. >> the president heads to college campuses in three battleground states this week. he's pushing congress to keep interest rates on college loans from spiking in july. >>> the government's star witness back on the stand in the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. former edwards aid is the key witness. he's the key to making the argument that edwards used nearly $1 million to conceal his affair with rielle hunter. if convicted, he could face 30 years in prison. >>> the killing of the mother, brother and nephew of jennifer hudson. the actress testified yesterday, none of the family members wanted their sister to mary william ballfour
romney right now has 695 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clench the nomination. >>> president obama focusing on education. this morning, he honored the national teacher of the year and the finalists at the white house. >> these are the kind of teachers who change lives forever. i wouldn't be here today if it were not for teachers like these who challenged me, pushed me and put up with me and inspired me and set me straight when they had to. >> the president heads to...